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without action by congress by new year's day, milk prices could skyrocket. >> if we want to continue to eat, the bill needs to be passed. that's where we get our food, people. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 28th, 2012. good morning. good to be with you. i'm duarte geraldino. this afternoon president obama will meet with congressional leader to try to come to a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. they've been called into a sunday evening session just in case some deal can be reached. boehner is expected to attend the white house meeting but he's made it very clear. the next move is up to the senate. tara mergener has more. >> good morning, duarte. both sides say they are eager to talk and ready to strike a deal. the fiscal cliff is still a few days away, but business owner don carlino says he's already feeling the impact. >> a lot of our customers are holding back, they're apprehensive. they're not committing to projects. they're waiting to see what happens with the fiscal cliff. >> hope is fact if congress can get it done before
without action by congress by new year's day, milk prices could skyrocket. >> if we want to continue to eat, the bill needs to be passed. that's where we get our food, people. captioning funded by cbs >>> this is the "cbs morning news" for friday, december 28th, 2012. good morning. good to be with you. i'm duarte geraldino. this afternoon president obama will meet with congressional leader to try to come to a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. they've been called...
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can congress come to a compromise? the fiscal cliff showdown resumes with face-to-face negotiations.. muni celebrates a big milestone.. and they're givg all of us a gift!! and.. putin puts a stop to l u-s adoptions.. why?? plus meet one family who's gotten stuck in the middle this international dispute. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginng at 4:30. good morning. it's friday, ,,,, >>> here's look at forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., partly sunny, 42. atlanta, partly sunny, 54. st. louis, cloudy, 38, denver, mostly cloudy, 33, seattle, mostly cloudy, 44 degrees. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. general norman swargts schwarzkopf died at his home yesterday in tampa, florida. he drove iraqi forces out of kuwait. he died from complications related to pneumonia. he was 78 years old. >>> and president obama meets with congressional leaders this afternoon at the white house to try to cut a deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. in just four days across-t
can congress come to a compromise? the fiscal cliff showdown resumes with face-to-face negotiations.. muni celebrates a big milestone.. and they're givg all of us a gift!! and.. putin puts a stop to l u-s adoptions.. why?? plus meet one family who's gotten stuck in the middle this international dispute. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginng at 4:30. good morning. it's friday, ,,,, >>> here's look at forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c.,...
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this evening, president obama telling congress, the american people are watching what we're doing here. he appeared in the briefing room a short time ago. let's go right to jon carl tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. there are finally signs of life here in washington. after meeting with congressional leaders here at the white house, the president pronounced himself modestly optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can finally be struck that would prevent taxes from going up on virtually everybody in just four days. >> reporter: aftereeting with the congressional leaders, the president said there would be one more effort to come to a bipartisan agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff. >> the hour for immediate action is here. it is now. and the american people are not going to have any patience for a politically, self-inflicted wound to our economy. >> reporter: there are signs of progress. mitch mcconnell and harry reid have agreed to spend the next 24 hours to work a small plan to keep some taxes from going up. after the meeting, house democrat leader nancy pelosi told
this evening, president obama telling congress, the american people are watching what we're doing here. he appeared in the briefing room a short time ago. let's go right to jon carl tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, david. there are finally signs of life here in washington. after meeting with congressional leaders here at the white house, the president pronounced himself modestly optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can finally be struck that would prevent taxes from...
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you're betting on congress which is absurd. why would you bet on congress? i don't care if they convene sunday night at 6:00. you going to bring the senate back at 2:00 a.m. to reject their bill. there has been no market pressure on this congress, and until there is, there will be no deal which means we go a lot lower before they ever come across the aisle to make a deal and solve this issue. >> but we don't know exactly what is going to happen in the new year, right, and isn't it a big risk? if you go into cash now, liquidate, go into cash and there's a big real, and we're off to the races again? >> you know, that -- again, that is -- i have a very hard time with the got to be in all the time to miss a rally opportunity. look, odds are there's going to be volatility, and we even saw it this year. the market ends, you know, a nice strong year, but there was opportunity to buy weakness during the year, so if -- look, if miraculously they come out and there's a huge deal and you are cash heavy, as i am, will i be, you know, clamoring to put that money to work
you're betting on congress which is absurd. why would you bet on congress? i don't care if they convene sunday night at 6:00. you going to bring the senate back at 2:00 a.m. to reject their bill. there has been no market pressure on this congress, and until there is, there will be no deal which means we go a lot lower before they ever come across the aisle to make a deal and solve this issue. >> but we don't know exactly what is going to happen in the new year, right, and isn't it a big...
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i have low hopes for the republican opposition in congress. i have rising hopes for the old reasonable republican party out there in real world, the party that resides in the eastern big states and actually deals with the real work of being big state governor, for example. so here we go. we've got to do something about guns, especially keeping guns from dangerous people. we
i have low hopes for the republican opposition in congress. i have rising hopes for the old reasonable republican party out there in real world, the party that resides in the eastern big states and actually deals with the real work of being big state governor, for example. so here we go. we've got to do something about guns, especially keeping guns from dangerous people. we
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because they're unwilling to support, particularly the extremi tea partiers in the house republican congress increasing tax rates on the wealthier, people who make more than a million a year. it's unbelievable. >> debbie wasserman schultz, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> let's bring back ed as well as perry. let el me get your reaction. are write going over? will we get a deal after? >> if they keep talking like that, it looks increasingly likely that we will. a lot of it they probably want to american so that the final day of the year can go off without really know what will happen. >>> so the fact that he's now, you know, open to talking to the white house, going to attend this meeting and seem amenable to some kind of deal that could conceivably start this weekend, say debate start tonight through tomorrow, vote early sunday, the house comes back sunday night. then of course is the markets will continue reacting, and then i suspect the pressure will be on to get something done quickly. >>> let me throw a log on top of this fire. there's the debt ceiling action too. take a liste
because they're unwilling to support, particularly the extremi tea partiers in the house republican congress increasing tax rates on the wealthier, people who make more than a million a year. it's unbelievable. >> debbie wasserman schultz, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> let's bring back ed as well as perry. let el me get your reaction. are write going over? will we get a deal after? >> if they keep talking like that, it looks increasingly likely that we...
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members of congress helped get us into this mess and they'll pay, too. with incomes of $174,000, they'll pay some $7,500 more in taxes. as for the super rich? well, consider basketball phenom lebron james. he makes about $53 million. he could see his taxes go up by more than $2.4 million next year alone. and it's not just taxes. on january 1st, unemployment benefits expire for some 2 million people. and we've just learned the president will meet tomorrow at the white house with congressional leaders. one last ditch effort to get something done, david. >> jon karl, great to have you here in new york with us. >>> as you know, two more important political notes we're following. george h.w. bush remains in a hospital in houston for what a spokesman is now describing as a series of setbacks. the 88-year-old is said to be in guarded condition in intensive care, nursing an elevated fever. >>> and we're getting late word that norman schwarzkopf has died. stormin norman was commander during the first gulf war. and he was 78. >>> we turn now to that debate over gu
members of congress helped get us into this mess and they'll pay, too. with incomes of $174,000, they'll pay some $7,500 more in taxes. as for the super rich? well, consider basketball phenom lebron james. he makes about $53 million. he could see his taxes go up by more than $2.4 million next year alone. and it's not just taxes. on january 1st, unemployment benefits expire for some 2 million people. and we've just learned the president will meet tomorrow at the white house with congressional...
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it's time to compromise on taxes and that's not what congress wants to hear. they can say it until they're blue in the face. they should go directly to lawmake lawmakers. they may be dock that. it's definitely how they feel. these biggest of ceos really want this deal to happen and it's time to compromise to end the paralysis. that is far and away the message across business and across wall street. >> leigh, i imagine they want this because it affects the bottom line for these companies in a way that washington politics maybe didn't before. is washington and sort of wall street becoming closer in terms of their relationship here? >> definitely. you know, it's funny, it used to be wall street was really focused on mechanics of companies. companies fundamentals. how did coke do this quarter? now they're much more focused on the macro because the macro is moving stocks and moving the market. things like europe, the european debt crisis, things like our fiscal cliff crisis, a slowdown in china. this is how stocks are moving right now. it's no longer how many canne
it's time to compromise on taxes and that's not what congress wants to hear. they can say it until they're blue in the face. they should go directly to lawmake lawmakers. they may be dock that. it's definitely how they feel. these biggest of ceos really want this deal to happen and it's time to compromise to end the paralysis. that is far and away the message across business and across wall street. >> leigh, i imagine they want this because it affects the bottom line for these companies...
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we need a congress that solves our problems. and we are especially concerned today about lifting up middle class families that are so apprehensive about the future and the working poor in the nation that kept getting pushed further and further to the margins. it's time that our congress acts and it is my great honor to introduce one of the members of the senate that is pushing for a reasonable solution. reasonable revenue for responsible programs. senator harkin has been an advocate for years. he represents the state of iowa and knows what the middle class is struggling with, and it is with great pleasure that i introduce to you senator harkin. [applause] isn't she wonderful? [applause] >> thank you, sister and for your great leadership. thank you for the best speech ever given tv to give and. it was just great. well, let's face it. this is a manufactured crisis. it's not of real crisis confronting our democracy inherent in our system. it's manufactured by the republicans. manufactured by the republicans who refuse to ask those
we need a congress that solves our problems. and we are especially concerned today about lifting up middle class families that are so apprehensive about the future and the working poor in the nation that kept getting pushed further and further to the margins. it's time that our congress acts and it is my great honor to introduce one of the members of the senate that is pushing for a reasonable solution. reasonable revenue for responsible programs. senator harkin has been an advocate for years....
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there's no bill before the congress that raises taxes. there are many bills that are trying to stop those taxes in various forms. and let me be clear. i think the president's plan is an absolute disaster. a lot of those wealthy folks earning over $200,000 aren't even folks. they're small businesses, filing under sub-chapter "s," some 84% of net business income is affected by this tax increase. that's the income they use to create and expand two-thirds of the jobs in our economy. that is an absolutely insane economic policy, but that's at the core of what the president is trying to do. the cbo is warning us, $200,000 jobs will be destroyed by this policy. but if we can't stop it, the best we can do is offer every warning we can, and then try and save as many other taxpayers as possible. >> do you think the white house should add a little sweetener to the deal for some conservatives? for example, stalling the sequestration cuts and extending the current estate tax rates? >> oh, i don't want to see the sequestration tax cuts stalled. quite t
there's no bill before the congress that raises taxes. there are many bills that are trying to stop those taxes in various forms. and let me be clear. i think the president's plan is an absolute disaster. a lot of those wealthy folks earning over $200,000 aren't even folks. they're small businesses, filing under sub-chapter "s," some 84% of net business income is affected by this tax increase. that's the income they use to create and expand two-thirds of the jobs in our economy. that...
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that continues that kind of pressure from the outside could really put some force on these members of congress to come together for a deal. the closer we get the more pressure from the outside they're going feel and i think it makes it easier, not harder to get a deal in the last 48 to 24 hour space lot of folks have said that's the sweet spot for a deal anyway and there's another group that says we're going over this cliff, if even just temporarily, michelle. >> thank you, eamon. >> just days from heading back to washington, congressman aaron shaw, republican from illinois. thanks for joining us, representative. you got the call and have to go back to washington sunday, 6:30, what, if anything, are you going to vote on. do you know? >> hopefully the senate would have taken action and it's two days until sunday and the house has aked and we passed hr-8 which was a clean extension for every american and the senate doesn't agree with us and all we get from harry reid, you saw a fiery rhetoric which doesn't only do good for the markets and it doesn't do good for main street businesses and individ
that continues that kind of pressure from the outside could really put some force on these members of congress to come together for a deal. the closer we get the more pressure from the outside they're going feel and i think it makes it easier, not harder to get a deal in the last 48 to 24 hour space lot of folks have said that's the sweet spot for a deal anyway and there's another group that says we're going over this cliff, if even just temporarily, michelle. >> thank you, eamon....
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fairly minimal, although one unknown variable, the loss of confidence globally in the united states if congress can't do it before january 1st. >> and john, there was talk all day about possibly a mini deal. is that still on the table and if so what would it look like? >> it is still on the table, what harry reid and mitch mcconnell are working on. the question is can they device something in the next 24 hours that would set an income tax hike threshold to $400,000 and use steps to use that revenue to defer the sequester, those automatic indiscriminate budget cuts nobody wants to happen. the question is going to be, can they get that done and get enough republicans in the senate to support it to convince the house to take it up? if not, the president and democrats are going to dare republicans to block an up or down vote on the president's proposal of tax hikes for everyone over $250,000. >> john harwood joining us from washington this evening. thanks so much, john. >>> and a program note. david gregory will have an exclusive interview with president obama on the fiscal cliff crisis this sunday
fairly minimal, although one unknown variable, the loss of confidence globally in the united states if congress can't do it before january 1st. >> and john, there was talk all day about possibly a mini deal. is that still on the table and if so what would it look like? >> it is still on the table, what harry reid and mitch mcconnell are working on. the question is can they device something in the next 24 hours that would set an income tax hike threshold to $400,000 and use steps to...
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finally, here is the deal, don, congress this congress could actually work until january 3rd at 12:00 noon. that's the exact minute when the new congress comes in. but they say that they could still stay in session until the last possible minute and work on this deal or, don, as we're hearing too, maybe they go over the cliff, past january 3rd, vote january 4th, january 5th. hearing more people talk about those kinds of dates now. i think in the end, don, i don't mean to confuse people, but i think the truth is people don't know what is going to happen. there are a lot of options, but the truth is this congress could still get out a deal by the time of the fiscal cliff deadline, or just after. it is hard, but possible. >> oh, boy. >> they can't blame the clock if it doesn't happen. >> let's keep in mind, the house isn't even in session. it is to convene on sunday evening to do what? >> well, there is a lost things the house could do. the truth is the house is coming back because of the fiscal cliff. they're coming back in case there is a potential deal, in case there is something to d
finally, here is the deal, don, congress this congress could actually work until january 3rd at 12:00 noon. that's the exact minute when the new congress comes in. but they say that they could still stay in session until the last possible minute and work on this deal or, don, as we're hearing too, maybe they go over the cliff, past january 3rd, vote january 4th, january 5th. hearing more people talk about those kinds of dates now. i think in the end, don, i don't mean to confuse people, but i...
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comes out of this meeting, not what press conferences are going on up on capitol hill among members of congress who are not invited to this meeting, so that's why all those camera guys are focused so much on who is going into the meeting and we'll try to get some indication of what happens in there. >> just saw nancy pelosi go. in all parties are now on site there at the white house. one political wag earlier today, eamon, said that when you get progress more from the quiet secret meetings. when they announce a meeting very publicly, that's more mohr political purposes and you get less progress. >> reporter: these highly anticipated things have an element of theatrics. seen negotiating sessions here where speaker boehner snuck in to the building on sunday without telling anyone in advance. that's where the real negotiations get hammered out. this thing might be different, we'll have to see. only so much time left saw there is a lot of expectation that at least a small deal might be in the cards here but we have to wait and see. >> we'd love to see all four of them coming out of the white house
comes out of this meeting, not what press conferences are going on up on capitol hill among members of congress who are not invited to this meeting, so that's why all those camera guys are focused so much on who is going into the meeting and we'll try to get some indication of what happens in there. >> just saw nancy pelosi go. in all parties are now on site there at the white house. one political wag earlier today, eamon, said that when you get progress more from the quiet secret...
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members of congress helped get us in this mess and they'll pay, too. with incomes of $174,000, they'll pay some $7,500 more in taxes. and it's not just taxes. on january 1, unemployment benefits expire for some 2 million people. you can expect one last effort, including a meeting at the white house with congressional leaders to try to prevent the fiscal cliff from happening. but with just four days left until everybody's taxes go up, there's not a lot of optimism that it can be cone in time. jonathan karl, abc news, new york. >>> tributes are pouring in for retired general norman schwartzcopf. the general, nicknamed stormin' norman, died yesterday in tampa from pneumonia. he commanded a coalition of some 30 countries that drove iraqi forces from kuwait back in 1991. in retirement, he supported charitable causes and resisting calls to rub for public office. norman schwartzcopf was 78. >>> for the second time this month, a man has been pushed to his death in the path of a new york subway train. last night, a woman shoved the man on the tracks just as the
members of congress helped get us in this mess and they'll pay, too. with incomes of $174,000, they'll pay some $7,500 more in taxes. and it's not just taxes. on january 1, unemployment benefits expire for some 2 million people. you can expect one last effort, including a meeting at the white house with congressional leaders to try to prevent the fiscal cliff from happening. but with just four days left until everybody's taxes go up, there's not a lot of optimism that it can be cone in time....
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congress has been so bogged down with the fiscal cliff, the farm bill is still on the table. if congress does not pass it, dairy subsidies would immediately end on january 1, and those subsidies have been keeping milk prices low for 63 years. >>> the price of curbside parking in chicago is going up january 1. parking meters will charge $6.50 an hour in the downtown area. chicago will have the highest parking meter rates in the country, staking the dubious distinction away from san francisco. congratulations. chicago outsourced its parking meters to a private company and many drivers question that question now. >>> now to some surveillance video from houston. trust me, when you see this, you're going to want these bad guys put away for a long time. the gang of thieves ripped off a daycare center. three or four young men were captured on surveillance camera. there's one right there. going in, they shattered the glass door, then stole six tvs and several game consoles. that ain't all. and one thief took the time to hop on a tiny tricycle and ride it around the yard of the buildi
congress has been so bogged down with the fiscal cliff, the farm bill is still on the table. if congress does not pass it, dairy subsidies would immediately end on january 1, and those subsidies have been keeping milk prices low for 63 years. >>> the price of curbside parking in chicago is going up january 1. parking meters will charge $6.50 an hour in the downtown area. chicago will have the highest parking meter rates in the country, staking the dubious distinction away from san...
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>> that will be up to congress. there is a pattern of people leaving before actual accountability is to be drawn and i suppose that will be her accountability. i don't expect her to suffer any other consequences other than pursuing other consequence. she's apparently to be head of a energy company that wants favors from epa or princeton. it's more important. we got legal proceedings to stop this massive economic dislocation. hopefully these candid discussions in the name of a false identity will shed light on that case. >> kelly: chris, we thank you for joining us and discussing this case that you're now pursuing. >> thank you. >> eric: coming up, the two things you'll need to know for new year's. great easy cocktails and a hangover cure you can find in the fridge. >> kelly: let's check in with gregg jarrett for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> it's not my fridge. president obama set to meet today with house and senate leadership to make one more attempt to avoid going over the cliff. one prominent senato
>> that will be up to congress. there is a pattern of people leaving before actual accountability is to be drawn and i suppose that will be her accountability. i don't expect her to suffer any other consequences other than pursuing other consequence. she's apparently to be head of a energy company that wants favors from epa or princeton. it's more important. we got legal proceedings to stop this massive economic dislocation. hopefully these candid discussions in the name of a false...
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ambition from the new congress. there's really not a whole lot -- i believe president obama thinks he can blame the republicans and history will be kind to him if he does. i don't know about a recession. i think we get about a 12-month deal. but there's still a lot of headwinds. that longshoreman's strike knot a small !mnw34>> welcome back pop "squawk box." dow looks like it would open down. it's gotten worse this morning. up about 67 points. s&p would be off over 6 points. the fass dak would be off over 14 points. >> and we weren't in the -- that down a few minutes ago. >> right. >> what did bob iaccino say? >> it might not have been him. >> is ed doing it? who is doing it? >> anybody who had any real money to trade would have traded it before the holidays. very, very thin markets right now. >> and i don't know if we're going to have a chance to talk about your -- >> yeah, we will have a chance to talk about that. think about it. if you were the estate tax deal. there's so many facets to the cliff, bu
ambition from the new congress. there's really not a whole lot -- i believe president obama thinks he can blame the republicans and history will be kind to him if he does. i don't know about a recession. i think we get about a 12-month deal. but there's still a lot of headwinds. that longshoreman's strike knot a small !mnw34>> welcome back pop "squawk box." dow looks like it would open down. it's gotten worse this morning. up about 67 points. s&p would be off over 6 points....
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congress believes were in some way involved or complicit in the death of sergei magnitsky in 2009. he was a lawyer who had been working with an american firm in russia investigating a major fraud. the company believes that $230 million it had paid in taxes to russia had ultimately been stolen by a group of russians who were linked to the government. so, again, this appears to be a tit-for-tat though it's in the name of a child who died in u.s. custody but it is a very big deal. harris, of course, because americans are the most enthusiastic adopters of russian children around the world. it goes into effect january 1st, harris. harris: we have pending cases. amy, before i let you go, what are the repercussions of this? >> reporter: yes. you know, this bill passed very readily in the duma, which is the parliament but have have been voices of opposition in russia as high up as the foreign minister saying this is really shooting ourselves in the foot. children are the victims of this political game. there are dozens of russian children right now, harris, who are supposed to be moving to
congress believes were in some way involved or complicit in the death of sergei magnitsky in 2009. he was a lawyer who had been working with an american firm in russia investigating a major fraud. the company believes that $230 million it had paid in taxes to russia had ultimately been stolen by a group of russians who were linked to the government. so, again, this appears to be a tit-for-tat though it's in the name of a child who died in u.s. custody but it is a very big deal. harris, of...
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this congress had an exit strategy. they had the idea of overwhelming force, and they set themselves these limits. if they got through this deadline the pain would be so great on themself -- this is self-imposed -- they would find a way out. they have not executed their own strategy and been able to vote for their own leadership. what you have in washington just to take a step back here, what you have in washington is fundamentally a republican party at war with itself. you have democrats who feel that they don't need to negotiate because they won an election. while both of those situations may be understandable, the system has broken down fundamentally. we have to go over the cliff and see taxes rise, and then maybe, maybe they'll understand that they're there working for the american people and not for themselves. >> i don't think that will happen. according to the study it has taken a toll on the consumer confidence. a new survey shows consumer confidence leveling in the first half of december falling to the lowest l
this congress had an exit strategy. they had the idea of overwhelming force, and they set themselves these limits. if they got through this deadline the pain would be so great on themself -- this is self-imposed -- they would find a way out. they have not executed their own strategy and been able to vote for their own leadership. what you have in washington just to take a step back here, what you have in washington is fundamentally a republican party at war with itself. you have democrats who...
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one of the most unproductive congresses in recent history. they want to stick by their principles. >> it's true. and a lot of them say, eamon, i've been elected to be a check on the president and that's what a lot of this is about. >> right. this is deeply held, fundamental belief on both sides and there's a huge chasm between the two sides on these issues. and somebody's going to be a loser here if there's a deal. somebody's going to be perceived as having gotten rolled and neither side wants to be the party who got rolled here. i think both sides are looking at if fiscal cliff right now and saying, well, we could go over this thing. it wouldn't be the end of the world and that's a very different view in washington than it is on wall street. i can tell you that. >> eamon, thanks. i know you've got a long day ahead, a long afternoon as well. eamon javers in washington. >> isn't it unbelievable. you have this huge, looming problem, i'll wait until later this afternoon to deal with it. >> and the whole sequester was a way to deal with this late
one of the most unproductive congresses in recent history. they want to stick by their principles. >> it's true. and a lot of them say, eamon, i've been elected to be a check on the president and that's what a lot of this is about. >> right. this is deeply held, fundamental belief on both sides and there's a huge chasm between the two sides on these issues. and somebody's going to be a loser here if there's a deal. somebody's going to be perceived as having gotten rolled and neither...
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there were reports the president was going to present his own plan to come to congress to do. he is not going to do that. he has offered the principle. he is going to make sure the taxes don't go up for 98% of americans. and that some of the spending cuts don't happen. >> there's a framework of a framework of a framework. >> very well. >> you're hosting "this week" on sunday. i assume you'll have things to discuss. chuck schumer, jon kyl, joran g i joining jon karl. >>> some somber news this morning. we begin with the death of a true mill they're hero. a man president obama has called an american original. he was a four-star general. but most americans simply knew him as stormin' norman. in 1990, norman schwarzkopf was a little-known army general looking towards retirement. a west point graduate and decorated officer for his service in vietnam, he spent his entire life in the army. but when saddam hussein invaded kuwait in 1990, stormin' norman became a household name. as the leader of the u.s.-led international coalition that quickly drove iraqi forces out of kuwait, schwarzk
there were reports the president was going to present his own plan to come to congress to do. he is not going to do that. he has offered the principle. he is going to make sure the taxes don't go up for 98% of americans. and that some of the spending cuts don't happen. >> there's a framework of a framework of a framework. >> very well. >> you're hosting "this week" on sunday. i assume you'll have things to discuss. chuck schumer, jon kyl, joran g i joining jon karl....